mozart Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Most definitely nothing wrong with old school Chris, we can’t allow such skills to be lost! Well done! Alain Gadbois, Chris Wimmer and quang 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Fabulous work, Chris! I’m jealous of your progress right now. Kev Chris Wimmer and Rockie Yarwood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Excellent scratch building Chris! Very interesting build, and old school is absolutely ok! Alain Chris Wimmer and Rockie Yarwood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 Thanks very much Mozart, Kev, Alain and Maru! Progress going on... Have a nice sunday! cheers Chris LSP_Kevin, Greg W, Alain Gadbois and 6 others 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Progress report for today! Have added the Me262 sticks after doing minor modification work: I just shortened the pole and removed the lower button, which- as far as I know- wasn't apparent on the Fw190. I'm quite happy with the result. The cat tree is becoming to be my template for the canopy framework. From the start I felt a bit concerned about the different trapezoidal angles of the segments. The angles appear to be the the same on the real arircraft. Unfortunately I haven't focused this when I built the hump. So when I tried to insert a piece of styrene at the transition point I had to bend it quite badly, what doesn't look realistic at all. It hits the eye more than it does on the photo, and probably even more when it's clear sheet... So there's always two steps forward and then one step back. Sometimes modelling isn't fun, is it? Thanks for looking in! Chris Paul in Napier, Rockie Yarwood, patricksparks and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Excellent work, Chris! I suspect your canopy ‘rails’ might be a little too wide, however. Kev Chris Wimmer and Alain Gadbois 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 5 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Excellent work, Chris! I suspect your canopy ‘rails’ might be a little too wide, however. Kev Wow Kev, good idea, thank you! I haven't noticed before, but looking at the photos I think you're right. The rails are protuding 2,5mm, I did this to achieve the same width at the glasshouse's front and rear end. Reducing the rails by 1mm each would really help... LSP_Kevin and Greg W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 hours ago, MARU5137 said: Super duper progress. NOICE. Thank you, Maru! Very appreciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Stupendous work, Chris! And thanks for the picture showing the blue, yellow and red areas for the bezels sprayed on the IP. I never thought of doing that first! Cheers, Rockie Chris Wimmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) Nothing spectacular to be shown at the moment. I have sanded down the rails by half and then glued the cockpit in. Anyway I'm busy with preparing my girlfriend's birthday this week! But with this build only halfway done I'm already dreaming of a future project: Revegawamura Focke Wulf Fw190 V30/U1 while being converted into the Ta152H - I love this idea... The profile below shows the aircraft I'd like to do in the current build. I am wondering if the RLM74 was actually that dark, so I would love to see a photo of BU+DY. Quite sure I've seen one in the past, but don't remember where ist was... Thanks for looking in Chris Edited January 8, 2021 by Chris Wimmer Paul in Napier, Landrotten Highlander, mgbooyv8 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) Happy New Year Everyboy! It's been a while since I made my latest post, but this doesn't mean there has nothing happened in between. So I have to tell a little story first: Years ago I reworked my stone-old Hasegawa Wuerger and backdated it to a Fw190A-2. Back then I didn't want to attach the cooling fan to the prop again, because on the real aircraft the fan rotated with about triple prop speed! I wanted my model to do the same, so I came up with a simple gearing by using gearwheels that I found at a model-railway shop. These were quite big, about 20mm in diameter, but that didn't matter because the engine section was to be sealed up anyway. Well, the gearing works nicely today and generates an enjoyable "WOW!" everytime I invite a guest to turn the prop. I have made a video to show you the effect. Added a bit airshow sound and also Count Basie's "April in Paris", because I found it suitable and because I love brass... Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os5O3g3OKWY Of course I want to add this gimmick to this build as well, but as I want to display the engine, partially at least, everything has to be smaller this time. The model-railway shop doesn't exist anymore, so I made an attempt by using small sized nylon gearwheels, as you can see in the following 2016 pic. Unfortunately this configuration didn't work at all, maybe the gearwheels were to small and soft and also the gear ratio wasn't right. Finally it turned out to be this build's ticket to the SOD... Thank god LSP has always been my greatest mojo-source, so here is what I did during the past weeks: Prop-shaft made from 2mm brass rod, soldered to a 20 teeth gearwheel. Fan-shaft made from 3mm brass tube, soldered to a 12 teeth gearwheel. By using these gearwheels I will achieve a transmission ratio of about 2,75. So this means that the fan will turn a little bit too slow. I'd rather prefer 3 or a bit more, but this finally depends on the gearwheels you can get and I think I can live with it. The newly prepared housing: Gearing in place... and covered: My little intervention should be barely visible once the engine is finished... Thanks for looking in! Chris Edited February 28, 2021 by Chris Wimmer Paul in Napier, fab, Kagemusha and 13 others 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 19 hours ago, MARU5137 said: OMG.....WOWZER. sublime work. Thank you ,Maru! Very appreciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 One thing else to be gleaned from the video was how sloppy the spinner spirals were, obviously didn't use a mask from Eduard. Nice work on the prop and fan. Chris Wimmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I love the work on the fan gearing! Very impressive! Alain Chris Wimmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Mate that is bloody clever!! Love it Chris Wimmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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